The Topsail athletics department is finally able to start fresh with a new athletics director and head baseball coach after an investigation into the school that sent two administrators and one coach out the door.

Nearly two months after an investigation into an ineligible player on the Topsail High School baseball team was opened, the Pender County Board of Education announced its findings during a meeting Friday.

The state baseball playoffs began this evening and the Topsail High School team did not suit up. Instead, parents and players spoke at the Pender County School Board meeting voicing their concerns and searching for answers.